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German translation: Gerätepark


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GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
English term or phrase:fleet
German translation:Gerätepark
Entered by: Heike Behl, Ph.D.
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04:13 Mar 30, 2006
English to German translations [PRO]
Marketing - Computers: Hardware
English term or phrase: fleet
"a single software tool to manage the entire fleet remotely"
-they are talking about printers, scanners etc. here, what does that have to do with a fleet? Maschinenpark is all I found.
Evi Wollinger
Local time: 14:02
Gerätepark
Explanation:
Da man bei Druckern, Scannern usw. ja nicht von Maschinen, sondern Geräten spricht...

http://www.beamerverleih-hannover.de/Geratepark.htm

http://www.jung-stilling.de/krankenhaus/jung_stilling/uro_ge...
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Heike Behl, Ph.D.
Local time: 05:02
Grading comment
danke, ich habe beides benutzt (auch "das ganze Angebot von...")
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2Gerätepark
Heike Behl, Ph.D.
4Maschinenpark/alle GeräteTeresa Reinhardt
5 -1FlotteKlaus Stracker
3gesamte HardwarexxxOlaf


  

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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -1
Flotte


Explanation:
Flotte

Klaus Stracker
Local time: 13:02
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  anisco: Wenn Evi sagt, dass es sich um Scanner, Drucker usw. handelt...
3 hrs

neutral  Rolf Kern: "Flotte" nennt man z.B. alle Automobile eines Unternehmens
5 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Maschinenpark/alle Geräte


Explanation:
The latter might work best; Maschinenpark is more like 5 excavators and 4 dozers etc., and Flotte always refers to vehicles (unless it's maritime)

Teresa Reinhardt
United States
Local time: 05:02
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 10
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Gerätepark


Explanation:
Da man bei Druckern, Scannern usw. ja nicht von Maschinen, sondern Geräten spricht...

http://www.beamerverleih-hannover.de/Geratepark.htm

http://www.jung-stilling.de/krankenhaus/jung_stilling/uro_ge...

Heike Behl, Ph.D.
Local time: 05:02
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
danke, ich habe beides benutzt (auch "das ganze Angebot von...")

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rolf Kern
3 hrs

agree  Brie Vernier
5 hrs

neutral  Ingeborg Gowans: das ganze Angebot von .... ist auch moeglich
5 hrs
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
gesamte Hardware


Explanation:
Das es nur um Geräte geht, könnte man das doch einfach als "die gesamte Hardware" übersetzen

xxxOlaf
Local time: 14:02
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 16
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Oct 13, 2007 - Changes made by Heike Behl, Ph.D.:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term


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